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The name Tonawanda (Te-ni-wun-da) [4] or (Ta-na-wan-deh ') [5] derives from the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) language meaning swift water.[4]Tonawanda Creek flows through the ancient lake bed of Glacial Lake Tonawanda, a prehistoric lake that existed approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age; many of the swamp lands surrounding Tonawanda Creek also date back to this lake.
Indian singer Bhupen Hazarika met Robeson in New York in the 1950s. His Assamese song "Bistirno Dupare" is influenced by "Ol' Man River", with the Brahmaputra replacing the Mississippi. [21] Hazarika's song has in turn been translated into Bengali (with the same name) and Hindi (as "Ganga Behti Ho Kyu", about the Ganges). [21]
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, New York. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing ...
Tonawanda is a city in Erie County, New York, United States.The population was 15,129 at the 2020 census. It is at the northern edge of Erie County, south across the Erie Canal (Tonawanda Creek) from North Tonawanda, east of Grand Island, and north of Buffalo.
Lake Tonawanda was a prehistoric lake that existed approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, in Western New York, United States. [1]The lake existed on the southern (upper) side of the Niagara Escarpment east of the present course of the Niagara River between Early Lake Erie to the south and Glacial Lake Iroquois (the ancestor of Lake Ontario) to the north.
Old Man River may refer to: A personification of the Mississippi River in the United States; Old Man River (musician) (born 1979), Israeli singer-songwriter "Ol' Man River", a 1927 song from the musical Show Boat "Old Man River (I've Come to Talk Again)", a song by Reba McEntire on the 1982 album Unlimited
Tonawanda (formally the Town of Tonawanda; Tuscarora: Tahnawáteh) is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 72,636. [ 1 ] The town is at the north border of the county and is the northern inner ring suburb of Buffalo .
Intersection of Tonawanda and Ontario Streets. The Heart of Riverside. Riverside is a neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, located in the northwestern part of the city, along the Niagara River. It is sometimes referred to in conjunction with another community located directly south, Black Rock.